TV Drama Secret of Life Announced to Bring True Story of DNA Heroine to Screen
The project will broaden Franklin’s life story and separate it from a movie adaptation, with Jessica Franklin writing and Valerie Weiss directing.
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TV drama Secret of Life announced to bring true story of DNA heroine to screen
Outer Banks and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds director Valerie Weiss has signed up to direct Secret of Life, a new four-part series based on the life of acclaimed scientist Rosalind Franklin.Franklin, who died in 1958 of ovarian cancer at the age of just 37, was instrumental in discovering 'the secret of life,' the double helix structure of DNA.Her contributions to the understanding of DNA were largely unrecognised during her life, and she has b…
Rosalind Franklin TV Show Coming From Valerie Weiss, Jessica Franklin
EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Portman is playing her in a movie, Nicole Kidman portrayed her on stage and now the life of groundbreaking British scientist Rosalind Franklin, whose work was crucial to DNA and Covid-19 vaccines, is being adapted for the small screen. Rosalind Franklin’s great-niece Jessica Franklin is penning Secret of Life, which is being directed […]
Rosalind Franklin TV Series In The Works From Groundbreaking Scientist’s Great-Niece & ‘Outer Banks’ Director Valerie Weiss
EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Portman is playing her in a movie, Nicole Kidman portrayed her on stage and now the life of groundbreaking British scientist Rosalind Franklin, whose work was crucial to DNA and Covid-19 vaccines, is being adapted for the small screen. Rosalind Franklin’s great-niece Jessica Franklin is penning Secret of Life, which is being directed…
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